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“Well, if you had told me before you went in there, I wouldn’t have ventured to it to see if you wanted so to eat”

“There is food in the kitchen In future, I’d prefer you onsite during lunch in the event I need you for so my earlier comment

“I willoutdoors The fresh air will help h proble hi on our relationship, but he doesn’t respond, merely nods, rises, and makes his way inside

He is a strange man

And I can’t stopto know moreChapter 9JulianI didn’t want to co I had to sit and talk to her, to learn about her, grippedaway in the office With the vents that lead through each room, it’s easy to listen to her She talks on the phone, and I notice how professional she sounds Even at her age, nobody would realize she’s only in her early twenties She speaks with maturity far beyond her years

When we had our little spat in the garden earlier, all I wanted was to pull her into my arms and inhale her scent To steal her lips and make her shut up and listen to ht it I er at the way she retorted

The fire blazed in her eyes, lance at the clock and note it’s almost five Perhaps I should offer her a ride ho to Eli’s place

Setting down my laptop, I shut it and head into the office where I find her still at the desk Her bun has come loose, and there are dark tendrils that frame her heart-shaped face She looks like one of those porcelain dolls with rosy cheeks and wide eyes

“Did you want a ride ho her to snap her gaze up in surprise I can be nice when I want to be Iat ht now, I realize if I had said that to her, she wouldn’t agree

“Yes, thank you” A shts her face, and I can’t stop ut I really need to find soht Perhaps I can fuck away this frustration

“I’ll be in the kitchen” I turn and leave, needing to puther into be difficult Already my focus has been stolen by her I cos this afternoon That’s how much she’s affected me

When Nea arrives in the kitchen, she’s s at her cell phone, and for a ht hadn’t even occurred toin Italy for a year, but now that she’s back, has she reunited with someone?

“Thank you again for the offer I would’ve called an Uber or so her phone into her purse

“I’d prefer you not being out alone at night,” I infor froo out, then take your boyfriend or sorab my keys and head for the door

“I don’t have a boyfriend, or any friends here I only just moved back to the States, and since I left my old life behind before et to know anyone yet,” she tells me in her er door for her

“So, you’re here all alone?” I ask the ine purrs to life, and I pull out onto the driveway

“Prettyit off as if it doesn’t bother her, but when I glance at her, I notice the schooled expression she’s trying to hold falters For a moment, I wonder if she’d want to join me for dinner with Eli, but then I rethink it If I did take her to my best friend’s house, I’d be questioned by hi I can handle because I have no answers for the questions he’d pose

She’s an employee

But even as I glance at her, I know that so thickly there, and I can’t deny I think she’s captured my attention